Dru

save those warthogs for when you go chalk climbing in britain.

if you know how to aid climb you can probably figure out how to self rescue.

with that 2000 miler thing on the appalachian trail? is it 1997 miles long in some years and 2002 in other years?as to the record* I am pretty impressed no matter how he did it although i think it would be more fun to have a big fatty waiting for you at every rest stop and just burn through it. this from a guy who thought hiking in to Prusik was a long way

I wonder if Incestual Chockstone will be dancing up a storm tonight?

Innuendo - Its what happens when one of the guys that livesin the igloo stands his kayak up on its front point in a rapid

Actually I am superpimp

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: I remember that one. Were you the smart ass that yelled Fred Beckey when they asked who had the first ascent of some peak that I cannot remember. Hhahahah I was the smart ass that won half the questions! i got a whole set of screamers out of knowing dumb stuff like where "As Seen on TV" is and how many ice routes in SWBC you need a boat to get to. Maybe this year they will have a drinking contest instead of a trivia contest!

nothing to do with standing in aiders but everything to do with hauling and lowering pigs! so i guess it should be 'if you know how to haul you will know how to self rescue'. i could never remember how to set up a z-pulley for glacier travel until i started aiding. then it was easy. aid climbing also taught me how to pass knots when rapping or lowering, before that the only time i had been able to pass knots was 24 hours after eating a steak.

"Shaft! He's a bad motherf...SHUT YOUR MOUTH" "Whos the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks? SHAFT!"

well, he did do every mile of all three trails in one year... but it reminds me of a few years ago when kennan harvey and partners did the first "continuous" traverse of the coast range haute route (bella coola to vancouver) with a 2 week break in the middle where they went sport climbing to smith rocks...hmmm. it kinda puts an asterisk alongside that "record" to my mind anyways.

express screws, cobras, as long as he has some clunky boots and SMC strap-on crampons we're safe.

actually a biglou is what a binuit lives in in the barctic.

Boo! Full orange moon on Hallowe'en a rare treat VANCOUVER (myBC.com) — Trick-or-treaters will be treated to a rare full moon on Hallowe'en night this year – for the first time in 46 years. The next full moon on Hallowe'en won't occur until 2020. If the sky is clear, we should see the full orange harvest moon rise over the eastern horizon like a big jack-o'-lantern at 5:48 p.m. This rare full moon is also known as a "blue moon," because it is the second full moon in a month. The constellation of the Seven Sisters, or the Pleaides, will also be overhead. According to legends, the fading cluster of seven stars signals the coming of the season to honour the dead.

wasn't the sequel to the eiger sanction called "the lou sanction"??

dude, doing the trails as unconnected-in-time pieces like that sounds about as legit to me as doing 5 pitches on a 6 pitch route one day then rapping in from the top and doing the 6th another time, and claiming a complete ascent. no offense to the guy but that sounds like a silly dodge to get around the winter conditions issue in order to claim all in a year.

i would assume he skiied and not hiked - does it say that on his website? maybe he used ultralight snowshoes made of flattened extruded spray-tex or something?

dude needs to kick back and smoke a bowl i think.

Sounds like the trivia contest at Lillooet last year

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climb ice is best training for climb ice. that and eat lots of eggs and bacon and sausage and waffles to stay warm in the cold. biceps curls work good too.

Hmm, a big bullseye, is that a map of Oregon or Afghanistan you got there?

it sure as hell isn't bin workin in the post office! what is up with these new message icons? i liked most of the old ones better. Jon! tim! bring back the old winking message icon!

Whenever I hear of "self teaching" or practicing I think of the banana scene from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. But seriously about the only other things i can suggest are hauling your pack up to the balcony with a z-pulley, and practicing coiling the rope. you can save a lot of time between climbs if you are a fast coiler, and even more if you can just throw the coil down and belay from it without having to flake-out first. [ 10-30-2001: Message edited by: Dru ]

Following in the swirly footsteps of the magical freshy man, the handiwork of Jack Frost is sighted. As I drove back from Skaha on Monday what did I see but firstly, an icicle seeping out of a roadcut near Sunday Summit, and secondly, a whole set of icicles starting to grow down the top pitch or two of "Anthrax Ripple" at Sumallo Bluffs. Let it freeze, let it freeze, let it freeze!

Peshastin in winter is a critical breeding habitat for the endangered Wrinkly Beckey. This species (known by its mating cry of "Hey, does your boyfriend climb? Want to go climbing with me sometime?") is currently known to be having trouble reproducing and the Peshastin Pinnacles Habitat Conservation Plan recommended a closure to allow some privacy for the mating attempt.